 | Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya - 1978 - 460 pages
...a pleasant womb : either the womb of a Brahmin, or the womb of a Ksatriya, or the womb of a VaiSya. But those who are of stinking conduct here— the...or the womb of a swine, or the womb of an outcast (Candala)."268 From the law-giver's 264. see supra p. 22. 265. Ch. Up. v.10.7. point of wiew, therefore,... | |
 | Hermann Oldenberg - 1991 - 250 pages
...Ksatriya or the womb of a Vaisya. But those whose conduct has been evil here, they will enter an evil womb ; either the womb of a dog or the womb of a swine, or the womb of a Cándala."91 Thus, these wanderings of creatures reach also through the animal empire, or at least,... | |
 | Roy W. Perrett, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Roy W Perrett - 1998 - 124 pages
...a pleasant womb, either the womb of a Brahman, or the womb of a Kshatriya, or the womb of a Vaisya. But those who are of stinking conduct here - the prospect...of a swine, or the womb of an outcast (candala).^ This theme is also reiterated in the later Svetasvatara Upanisad (VI 1-12): According unto his deeds... | |
 | Harold A. Netland - 1999 - 340 pages
...a brahmin [priestly caste], or the womb of a ksatriya [warrior) or the womb of a vaisya [merchant). But those who are of stinking conduct here — the...of a dog, or the womb of a swine, or the womb of an outcast.18 The entire repetitive process of birth, death, and rebirth, impersonally regulated by karma,... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - 2000 - 389 pages
...pleasant womb, either the womb of a priest's wife, or the womb of a noble's, or the womb of a merchant's. But those who are of stinking conduct here — the...they will enter a stinking womb, either the womb of a bitch, or the womb of a sow, or the womb of an outcast's woman. Chandogya Upanishad, 5, 10, 7 9 Many... | |
 | Burton F. Porter - 2001 - 336 pages
...Sudras; while those whose conduct was despicable, that is, have bad karma or deeds, will even "enter the womb of a dog, or the womb of a swine, or the womb of an outcast." This continuing existence of life after life, in different castes and forms, was not viewed by the... | |
 | Tim S. Perry, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion - 2001 - 178 pages
...a pleasant womb, either the womb of a brahmin, or the womb of a fcsatrrya, or the womb of a vaisya. But those who are of stinking conduct here — the...of a swine, or the womb of an outcast (candala)." See Radhakrishnan and Moore (1957: 66-7). within which or "ways" along which, men and women can find... | |
 | Jeffrey Brodd - 2003 - 138 pages
...pleasant womb, either the womb of a ¡brahmin], or the womb of a ¡kshatriya], or the womb of a [vaishya]. But those who are of stinking conduct here — the...of a dog, or the womb of a swine, or the womb of an [outcaste]. (Chandogya Upanishad 5.10.7) Hinduism's caste system divides society into four major classes.... | |
 | Loyal D. Rue - 2005 - 409 pages
...the womb of a Kshatriya, or the womb of a Vaisya. But those who are of stinking conduct here—the prospect is, indeed, that they will enter a stinking...womb of a dog, or the womb of a swine, or the womb or an outcast. 7 It is difficult to see how a realist about this system of justice might encounter... | |
 | Stephen J. Laumakis - 2008 - 283 pages
...a pleasant womb, either the womb of a Brahmin, or the womb of a ksatriya, or the womb of a vaisya. But those who are of stinking conduct here - the prospect...or the womb of a swine, or the womb of an outcast" ; and Brhadaranyaka Upanishad says, "What they said was (comma. What they praised was kamma. Verily,... | |
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Accordingly, those who are of pleasant conduct here — the prospect is, indeed, that they will enter a pleasant womb, either the womb of a Brahman, or the womb of a Kshatriya, or the womb of a Vaisya. But those who are of stinking conduct here — the... 